resume - Donna Benjamin


Past Employment

Industry Organisation Position Year
Research, Facilitation
& Web Services
Creative Contingencies
cc.com.au
Executive
Director
1997 - current
Project
Management

Linux Australia's
annual conference 2008
linux.conf.au

Conference
Director
2006-2008
Project
Management
Victorian IT Teachers Association (VITTA) Conference Co-ordinator 2007
Market
Research

Roy Morgan Research Centre
www.roymorgan.com.au

Trainee Project Manager 1997
Management Consulting
The Horizons Network Creative
Adviser
1995 - 1997
Market
Research
Roy Morgan
Research Centre
Telephone Interviewer 1994
Publishing La Trobe Uni
Student Union
 ‘The Player' Editor 1992 - 1993
Retail Fashion The Compleat Woman  Sales Assistant 1989 - 1990

Training, Education and Qualifications

  • Graduate Diploma of Computing Studies (Internet and Web), RMIT, 2000.
  • Bachelor of Arts with Honours (Theatre and Drama), La Trobe University, 1995.
  • Graduate Diploma of Humanities (English), La Trobe University, 1994.
  • Victorian Certificate of Education, Princes Hill Secondary College, 1989.
  • Qualified Zing Technologies Facilitator and Trainer. AnyZing, 1997.
  • Six Thinking Hats™ and Lateral Thinking. Certificate of Merit, de Bono Institute, 1996.
  • Accredited Myers Briggs (MBTI) practitioner, 1995.
  • Train the Trainer Certificate, Life. Be in it. International, 1993.

Interests

Creativity, Design, Literature, Cinema, Theatre, Internet, Technology, Travel, Environment, Culture.

Skills and Abilities

Web Development
Open source technologies and W3C HTML.
Editing & Layout
Electronic and Paper Publications.
Facilitation
Electronic Meeting Facilitation.
Direction
Ability to manage a team of creative people.
Research
Internet, academic, focus groups, interviews, surveys
Training
Juggling, Electronic Meeting Facilitation.

Referees

Available on request.